cnarab Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Hey everyone! I have a question. I have salt added to my freshwater tanks but I was wondering if Siamese Algae Eaters can withstand the salt or if I need to phase the salt out before I buy some? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Corinna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 what is your sg? if it just a tbsp. per 5 gallon...it is fine. as long as it is not brackish...i dont think those fish are brackish fish. gotta watch out though, at first my SAE scraped the algae of the side of the tank but once they got bigger, they prefer latching on the side of my other fish! mine got fairly aggressive too, well until it tried to latch on the side of my fang's puffer...puff did not like it too much and bit him in half! js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 SAE scraped the algae of the side of the tank but once they got bigger, they prefer latching on the side of my other fish! mine got fairly aggressive too, well until it tried to latch on the side of my fang's puffer...puff did not like it too much and bit him in half! I beleive what you had was a CAE(chinese algae eater) not a SAE(siamese aglae eater). CAE have sucker mouths and can be aggressive and attach themselves to other fish. SAE have regular mouths(no suckers) and are unable to attach themselves to other fish. So when buying a SAE make sure you are getting the real deal. There are flying foxes,false SAE, and CAE all being sold as True SAE. I'm not sure how they tolerate salt. How come you have salt in your tank anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Thank you for the correction! I was totally off...it was a CAE not an SAE. js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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